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Today's Headlines and Commentary
A wave of suspicious packages addressed to prominent Democrats and critics of President Trump have been intercepted by the government. In addition to packages sent to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, the C... -
Shedding Light on the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018
President Donald Trump quietly signed the bipartisan Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018 (ATCA) into law on Oct. 3. Described as a “carefully balanced approach to better ensure victims’ access to co... -
U.S. Withdrawal From the INF Treaty: The Facts and the Law
President Trump announced on Oct. 20 that the United States would pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a 1987 bilateral agreement prohibiting the United States and Russia from ... -
How Dimaya v. Sessions Has Affected Sentencing for Terrorism Convictions
In August, two convicted terrorists were released from prison unexpectedly early. The two originally received enhanced sentences under a statute that established mandatory minimum sentence extensions for... -
Foreign Election Interference in the Founding Era
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What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Mueller Report
Once the midterms are past, Americans can resume their reveries about a hypothetical report from the special counsel’s office. There’s no telling how much Robert Mueller knows, but onlookers can speculat... -
Rational Security: The 'Russia on the Ballot' Edition
Possible package bombs are sent to prominent Democratic political figures and Trump administration critics. And we’ll wrap up the Russia story so far and ask what it means for the midterm elections. -
The Bombs in the Mail: What We Know
UPDATE: A suspect has been arrested and is in FBI custody. The full criminal complaint is available here. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Secret Service has intercepted suspicious packages potentially containing explosive devices addressed to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, and CNN’s offices in... -
Government Shifts its Rationale for Holding Al-Afghani at Guantanamo
The United States has held Asadullah Haroon Gul, also known as al-Afghani, at Guantanamo Bay for 11 years. In an Oct. 10 court filing, as part of litigation arising out of al-Afghani’s 2016 petition for ... -
Document: Affidavit and Criminal Complaint Over Charlottesville Violence
On Oct. 23, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California unsealed an affidavit and criminal complaint against Robert Paul Rundo, the founder of the white supremacist group Rise Above Mo... -
Fixing Social Media’s Grand Bargain
To regulate social media in the twenty-first century, we should focus on its political economy: the nature of digital capitalism and how we pay for the digital public sphere we have. Our digital public s...
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